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Host Madeleine Brand looks at news, culture and emerging trends through the lens of Los Angeles.

  1. LA Metro’s decades-in-the-making D Line opens this weekend

    2D AGO

    LA Metro’s decades-in-the-making D Line opens this weekend

    Plus, two LA politicians and a reality TV star mix it up in their first mayoral debate, our weekend film reviews, and Evan Kleiman is here with a dish that sounds disgusting, but is actually delicious.

    51 min
  2. Why climate change is making our food less nutritious

    3D AGO

    Why climate change is making our food less nutritious

    Plus, LA’s infrastructure is a mess. Now there’s a plan to make a plan. Also, why Latinos make up half of the Border Patrol, and a new book examines the idea of a bad mom.

    53 min
  3. They’re cute. Even polite. But does LA need more delivery robots?

    4D AGO

    They’re cute. Even polite. But does LA need more delivery robots?

    Plus, the Iran War leaves California refiners scrambling to find new sources of crude, the hantavirus that killed three people on a cruise is part of life in the Mammoth area, and how to be a dissident.

    50 min
  4. How McCabe’s in Santa Monica became a nationally known venue

    5D AGO

    How McCabe’s in Santa Monica became a nationally known venue

    Plus, whipsaw court rulings over the abortion drug mifepristone, a new report says New Orleans could be underwater in decades, and how the Met Gala became the party everyone loves to hate.

    53 min
  5. $25 billion (and counting): The Iran War’s cost, 2 months in

    APR 30

    $25 billion (and counting): The Iran War’s cost, 2 months in

    Plus, new apps allow people to “nudify” photos, how The Devil Wars Prada 2 is part fan service, part documentary, and Evan Kleiman makes her case for the tuna melt.

    52 min
  6. ‘A hugely terrible opinion’: UCLA’s Rick Hasen on SCOTUS voting rights decision

    APR 30

    ‘A hugely terrible opinion’: UCLA’s Rick Hasen on SCOTUS voting rights decision

    Plus, a chaotic debate with eight candidates jockeying to be California’s next governor, does the Left have their Joe Rogan in Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, and the final days of a landmark museum show here in Los Angeles.

    52 min
  7. Comedian Sheng Wang on immigration, kind comedy, and ‘rat news’

    APR 28

    Comedian Sheng Wang on immigration, kind comedy, and ‘rat news’

    Plus, California’s electric car dream is sputtering as sales drop dramatically after President Trump ditches federal rebates, and the U.S. Mint is using illegally mined gold from a Colombian cartel for its gold coins.

    52 min
  8. Ruth Slenczynska, Rachmaninoff’s student who performed for presidents, dies at 101

    APR 27

    Ruth Slenczynska, Rachmaninoff’s student who performed for presidents, dies at 101

    Plus, how the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner reveals a side of journalism many journalists find disgusting, Supreme Court cases on agriculture and privacy, and why Catalina Island’s mule deer’s days are numbered.

    53 min
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